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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06K 1/504 ; F16K 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06K 1/504 ; F16K 2/102 ;
Abstract
A first spring guide fitting the outer periphery of one end portion of a coil spring is provided at an end wall portion of a valve casing, and a second spring guide fitting the inner periphery of the other end portion of the coil spring is provided at a valve element so that the first and second spring guides do no interfere with each other. Further, a valve element of the check valve is provided with an elastic sealing member having a lip portion to be seated on a valve seat portion of the valve casing. Moreover, the valve element is formed with a bypass hole communicating upstream and downstream sections of the check valve.